diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
index 7fd1649df759..4a03b93e6d3c 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestIcebergSourceTablesBase.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class TestIcebergSourceTablesBase extends TestBase {
 
   private static final PartitionSpec SPEC = PartitionSpec.builderFor(SCHEMA).identity("id").build();
 
-  @TempDir private Path temp;
+  @TempDir protected Path temp;
 
   public abstract Table createTable(
       TableIdentifier ident, Schema schema, PartitionSpec spec, Map<String, String> properties);
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestReadProjection.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestReadProjection.java
index ce0edba8d516..d5156a0d8fac 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestReadProjection.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestReadProjection.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public abstract class TestReadProjection {
   protected abstract Record writeAndRead(
       String desc, Schema writeSchema, Schema readSchema, Record record) throws IOException;
 
-  @TempDir private Path temp;
+  @TempDir protected Path temp;
 
   @Test
   public void testFullProjection() throws Exception {